War on the homefront
European Home Front Land and homes destroyed Battle of Britain Luftwaffe Air-raid shelters, “the tube” Many lose lives and property
American Home Front Factory work Women in medicine Change factories to wartime production Gibson Refrigerator Factory (Greenville, MI)>>wooden gliders for D-Day “The Fighting Falcon” Ford plants (Detroit, MI)>>airplanes and tanks Enola Gay 17-18 million workers across the US by 1944 “Rosie the Riveter” Women in medicine
American Home Front Rationing Raising money Meat, sugar, tires, gasoline, nylon, soap Fat grease Gasoline and rubber (35 mph) Scrap metal collection Raising money War bonds War stamps Financing airplanes (Fighting Falcon financed by children at an elementary school in Greenville, MI)
American Home Front Civil Rights Problems Prejudice against Japanese “Relocation (internment) camps” Poor living conditions, filth, disease, little food Many were farmers, lose their farms or shops Many were Nisei (American citizens whose parents were Japanese) Some Nisei fought for the US bravely African Americans Given poor positions in the military (cooks, machinists, etc) Riots against pay in different parts of the country Demand equality because they fought and died like the whites did
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